40 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF QUEENSLAND. 



Codiseum variegatum Bl., var. molaccanum Mucll. Arg. 

 (C. chrysosiiclum Kumph.). F. Muell. Pap. PL, i (iv), 60. 

 Yule Island. 



Homalanthus populifolius Grah. Astrolabe Range and 

 8ogeri. 



Euphorbia Drummondii Boiss. Port Moresby. A small, 

 red, decumbent weed ; the same form is common in coastal 

 Queensland, and I have also received specimens from Fiji. 



E. pilulifera Linn. Bail. Rep. Visit B.N.G., 27 ; Queens. 

 Agric. Joum., xxiii, 220. Port Moresby (a common weed). 



E. serrulata Reinw. Sapphire Creek and Astrolabe Range. 

 A form with very narrow leaves with the edges almost entire. 



*E. (Poinsettia) heterophylla Linn. Yule Island. A com- 

 mon weed in plantations, etc. 



Family ANACARDIACE^. 

 Mangifera minor Bl. Port Moresby. A large handsome 

 tree. 



Buchanania papuana sp. no v. 



Ramulis novellis dense pubescentibus, deinde glabris ; 

 foliis glaberrimis, coreaceis lanceolatis oblanceolatis vel 

 obovatis; a medio in petiolum cuneatim angustatis, nervis 

 lateralibus circa. 10-15 patentibus ; paniculis pilosis deinde 

 glabris ; calycis lobos triangularibus, petalis oblongis ; 

 gynoecio strigoso ; drupis compressis ; breviter pilosis, apiculo 

 excentrico. 



A medium -sized tree with a spreading top. Young 

 branchlets pubescent, older ones glabrous, lenticellate, stout. 

 Leaves petiolate, petiole about 1 in. (2o cm.) long ; lamina 

 4^-7i in. (11-5-19 cm.) long, 2-3 in. {5-7-5 cm.) broad ; lanceo 

 late, oblanceolate or sometimes obovoid, glabrous, main lateral 

 nerves prominent on both faces. Panicle about as long as the 

 leaves, widely spreading, rhachis and branchlets bearing a few 

 scattered hairs but soon quite glabrous. Calyx about \ line 

 (1 mm.) long, glabrous or almost so, lobes triangular. Petals 

 about 1 line (2 mm.) long, oblong. Anthers sagittate. 

 Gynoecium strigose-pubescent. Drupe with a few scattered 

 hairs, 3-4 lines (6-9 mm.) in diameter, compressed-globose ; 

 apex almost terminal. 



Laloki River. 



This new species is very closely allied to the common Australian 

 li. Miielleri, from which it is distinguished chiefly by its larger more 



